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Title: Buckskin Brigades by L. Ron Hubbard ISBN: 0-915463-46-6 Publisher: Jameson Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (6 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: Heavy Handed
Comment: The main point of this book, as I see it, is to illustrate the supreme goodness of the Native Americans of the 18th and 19th century, while depicting the vile loathsomeness of the white European encroachers. This point is made with every character and scene description in the book. While I enjoyed learning the author's opinions, eventually I felt pummeled by the repeated blows. This is the first book I have given up reading after completing 85% of the story. I just couldn't take it anymore.

Rating: 5
Summary: A good piece of work from an experienced story teller!
Comment: I think the thing that grabbed me was the realism. You definitely get the feeling that the author had been there, understood Indians and their culture. I have compared it to anthropological BLACK ELK SPEAKS and the classic historical novel THE DELIGHT MAKERS and it's feel for authenticity is on par. Add to that the sheer story-teller talent of the author and it is well worth reading. That it was written long before our "civilization" was aware of the Amerindian culture and its depth is quite amazing.

Rating: 3
Summary: Overrated but readable
Comment: I'm a bit puzzled by all the positive reviews of Buckskin Brigades. Did we all read the same book? This is definitely not top notch fiction. Yellow Hair is a white man raised by Blackfeet, who eventually encounters "his own kind," with fireworks resulting. There isn't much plot to speak of, the action isn't gripping, and as usual for Hubbard the characters are pretty shallow. I do remember enjoying it somewhat, but for a relatively short book (c. 300 pages) it sure does drag on. Almost the only part worth recommending is that it's sort of an "anti-Western," in that the whites are depicted as the bad guys. Pretty unusual for the mid-30s, and a refreshing perspective even now. Other than that, this book isn't terrible, but IMO it's not worth more than a library browse.